Raqqa District

District in Raqqa, Syria

Raqqa District منطقة مركز الرقة
District
Location of Raqqa District within Raqqa Governorate
35°57′N 39°01′E / 35.95°N 39.02°E / 35.95; 39.02
Country	Syria
Governorate	Raqqa
Seat	Raqqa
Subdistricts	4 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	7,327.92 km² (2,829.33 sq mi)
Population (2004)^[1]	503,960
Geocode	SY1101

Raqqa District (Arabic: منطقة مركز الرقة, romanized: Manṭiqat ar-Raqqah) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Raqqa. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 503,960.^[1]

Subdistricts of Raqqa District

The administrative center of Raqqa Subdistrict shown above is the city of Raqqa.

The administrative center of Al-Karamah Subdistrict shown above is the city of Al-Karamah.

The administrative center of Al-Sabkhah Subdistrict shown above is the city of Al-Sabkhah.

The administrative center of Maadan Subdistrict shown above is the city of Ma'adan.

Sub-districts

The district of Raqqa is divided into four subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004^[1]):

Raqqa Subdistrict (ناحية الرقّة): population 338,773.^[2]
Al-Sabkhah Subdistrict (ناحية السبخة): population 48,106^[3]
Al-Karamah Subdistrict (ناحية الكرامة): population 74,429.^[4]
Maadan Subdistrict (ناحية معدان): population 42,652.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "Ar-Raqqah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
^ "As-Sabkha nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
^ "Karamah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
^ "Ma'adan nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2012-07-05.